US1488478A - Mop holder - Google Patents

Description

April 1 192'4. 1,488,478

D. T. DONAI -IOE MOP HOLDER Filed Oct. 25. 1922 INVEN TOR.

ATTbRNEYs.

Patented Apr. 1, 1924.

QJNITED ST TES PATENT OFFICE.

MOP HOLDER.

Application filed October 23, 1922. Serial No. 596,449.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL T. DONAHOE,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mop Holders, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are apart of this specification.

This invention relates to a mop or mop holder and has for its principal object to provide a device of this type wherein a mop cloth may be securely held while in use, but may also be removed with facility to enable a new mop cloth to be attached.

The novel combination, construction and arrangement of parts will be made more apparent as the description proceeds, especially when considered in connection w th the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary side elevation, partly in section, of a mop constructed in accordance with this invention, and

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the mop with the mop cloth removed.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate like parts, it will be noted, that there is provided a handle 10 having secured thereto at one end a rounded head 11 formed integrally with a sleeve 12. A pin 13 passes through the sleeve 12 and into the handle 10 rigidly securing this head to the handle. The head 11 is of rounded con tour to prevent injury to the floor or furnit-ure.

The handle 10 is further provided with an externally threaded clamping member 16, this clamping member being provided with a collar 17 having formed thereon a radial flange 18. A thumb nut collar 19 is threaded on the sleeve 14 and is formed with thumb wings 20 whereby the same may be rotated. Projecting downwardly and inwardly from the thumb nut 19 is a plurality of lugs 21 which engage under the flange 18 of the clamping member 16.

Obviously, therefore, by rotating the thumb nut 19, the clamping member 16 may be moved towards or from the head 11 whereby the mop cloth 22 may be clamped in place or released so that the same may be removed. By this construction a new mop cloth may be easily secured to the mop handle and positively held in place.

The arrangement of parts is such that the mop may be cheaply and easily manufactured, without in any manner affecting the durability of the same. Furthermore, the parts are so constructed as to eliminate the possibility of marring the floor or furniture.

While one specific embodiment of the in vention is illustrated herein, it is not intended that this invention be unnecessarily limited, but reservation is made to make such changes as may come within the purview of the accompanying claims.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed is 1. In a mop of the class described a handle, arounded head secured thereto, a clamping member displaceable axially of said handle, a tubular extension on said clamping member formed with a radial flange, a threaded sleeve secured on said handle, a thumb nut engaging said sleeve, lugs on said thumb nut engaging said flange for swivelly connecting said thumb nut to said clamping member whereby said clamping member may be actuated.

2. In a mop of the class described a handle, a rounded head secured thereto, a clamping member displaceable axially of said handle, a threaded sleeve secured on said handle, a thumb nut engaging said sleeve, lugs carried by said thumb nut and a radial flange on said clamping member, said lugs engaging said flange whereby said clamping member may be adjusted.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

DANIEL T. DONAHOE.

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